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Elam is the Biblical designation of a people and a country in the southern area of the Iranian plateau in the Zagros mountains E and NE of the valley of the Tigris. It is approximately equivalent to the present Iranian province of Khuzistan.
12 lip 2022 · In Genesis 10:22, Elam is listed as one of the sons of Shem, which would make him the grandson of Noah. By the time of Abraham, the Elamites are a defined people group. Kedorlaomer is the king of Elam who had subjugated a number of other kings in the area.
See 'Elamites' instances in the King James Version (KJV).
The Elamites are so called, from Elam the son of Shem, Genesis 10:22 and these, according to Josephus (e), were the founders of the Persians, or from whom they sprung; and so we find Elam and Media, and the kings of Elam, and the kings of the Medes, mentioned together in Scripture, Isaiah 21:2.
Elamites were present in Jerusalem, on the day of Pentecost, when God poured out his Holy Spirit upon those willing to repent of their sins (Acts 2:9). Scripture also reveals that God, during the Millennial reign of Jesus, will collect the remnant of his people from Elam (Isaiah 11:11).
Elamites in the Bible Descendants of Elam, whose name was given to the district of Elam. Genesis 10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. ⇒Bible Encyclopedia for ELAM. Present at Pentecost. Acts 2:9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in ...
The Amardians would seem to have been the Apirti (Hapirti), the Uxians were probably from (H)uwaja, while the Elymeans (compare 1 Maccabees 6:1) were the Elamites. Among the tribes who made the history of the country, therefore, were probably the Uxians, who seem not to be mentioned in the early inscriptions.
